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Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Electrical work in Abidjan's Mohammed VI mosque will be completed by Electomar. The change of contractor comes several weeks after the building was supposed to have been finished.

Subscribers only Business 03.02.2021

West Africa
Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

Although they forbid both atheism and political debate, Africa's so-called "regular" masonic lodges, led by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, are being torn apart by the political ambitions of their grand masters.

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2021

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who chairs the Grande Loge du Congo.

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is working the region to pave his way to the chairmanship of the regional bloc.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

Ivory Coast
Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

As the country gears up for legislative elections on March 6, there have been intense negotiations about who will be in the next government. The president has already pencilled in a few names.

Subscribers only Politics 25.01.2021

Ivory Coast
Gbagbo and Ouattara negotiate secretly to decide which of them should phone the other

Laurent Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast, which should be the high point of the new open politics policy instituted by Alassane Ouattara following his recent reelection, needs only a telephone call between the two men to become reality.

Subscribers only Politics 13.01.2021

Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara during a meeting in Abidjan November 27, 2010.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

As it struggles to make cocoa traders pay the premium introduced last year in conjunction with Ghana, Ivory Coast is preparing to take its own steps in trading by opening a marketing office in China.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 11.01.2021

Alassane Ouattara, on National Cocoa and Chocolate Day, in November 2020.

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, who dominates the business sector in the border regions of Nigeria and Niger, is making great efforts to ensure that Mahamadou Issoufou's planned handover to his right-hand man Mohamed Bazoum does not jeopardise his interests in Niamey.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 11.01.2021

Nigerian businessman Alhaji Dahiru Mangal.

West Africa
Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

The French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to travel to Ouagadougou in the first half of January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.01.2021

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Ivory Coast
Bédié's top secret Christmas message for Ouattara

Breaking news published on 28/12/20, 10 a.m. - Henri Konan Bédié spoke at length with Alassane Ouattara on 24 December and agreed to enter a new round of negotiations with the Ivorian president. A meeting has been planned for January.

Subscribers only Politics 28.12.2020

Anglais Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (right) and former President Henri Konan Bedie during their last meeting, on November 11, 2020, at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast
Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Currently without a sovereign fund, for several years Ivory Coast has been using various pension funds for its strategic investments. Newly elected for a third presidential term, Alassane Ouattara has asked Rothschild bank to furnish the country with the financial instrument it is lacking.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 24.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

The upcoming parliamentary elections will be a trial run for the ruling RHDP party's senior members. A position in Alassane Ouattara's future cabinet could become a stepping stone for the top job as the president has announced he will step down from power after this term.

Subscribers only Politics 22.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy to be guest of honour at Ouattara's inauguration

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy is due in Abidjan on 14 December to attend the swearing-in of newly re-elected Alassane Ouattara

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.12.2020

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and his then outgoing French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in May 2012.

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

So far, only a handful of the ECOWAS heads of states invited to Alassane Ouattara's swearing-in ceremony on 14 December have confirmed they will attend. For its part, France will be sending foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to the event.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.12.2020

President Alassane Ouattara speaks during his inauguration ceremony on 3 November 2015.

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Abidjan is abuzz with talk as Alassane Ouattara prepares his new cabinet, which could spell RHDP executive director Adama Bictogo's great comeback.

Subscribers only Politics 02.12.2020

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Despite Covid-related delays, oil companies working in Ivory Coast are determined to prepare for shallow-water drilling.

Subscribers only Energy 30.11.2020

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

The Angolan president has very visibly demonstrated his support for Felix Tshisekedi with a deployment of military aircraft. He has already suggested military alliances with Alassane Ouattara and Ali Bongo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.11.2020

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara still master of negotiations with opposition

For the past 15 days the Ivorian president has been in talks with the opposition and after his phone call with Henri Konan Bédié this weekend believes he is the man with the shoulders to carry the negotiations through to the end, mostly likely early next year.

Subscribers only Politics 24.11.2020

Alassane Ouattara (right) and Henri Konan Bédiémet on 11 November 2020.

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

The country's business and political elite have been eagerly paying visits to the former opponent of the Aziz regime since his return to the capital in the hopes of finding out what he plans to do next.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2020

Ivory Coast
Ouattara plays stick and carrot with Gbagbo's passport

The issue of a diplomatic passport to Laurent Gbagbo keeps being delayed, while the Ouattara administration seeks assurances that the former president will not sow political discord upon his return.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2020

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo.

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Though the visit to Lomé by the president of the transition Bah N'Daw on 13 November was the first by a top Malian official to the country, very close contacts have been nurtured behind the scenes between the leaders of the putsch and Faure Gnassingbé ever since the coup d'état on 18 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2020

The meeting with Faure Gnassingbé (left) on 13 November in Lomé was a key stage in Bah N'Daw's regional tour.

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Alassane Ouattara

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

West Africa
Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Ivory Coast
Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

Ivory Coast
Gbagbo and Ouattara negotiate secretly to decide which of them should phone the other

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

West Africa
Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

Ivory Coast
Bédié's top secret Christmas message for Ouattara

Ivory Coast
Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Ivory Coast
Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy to be guest of honour at Ouattara's inauguration

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Ouattara still master of negotiations with opposition

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Ivory Coast
Ouattara plays stick and carrot with Gbagbo's passport

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Alassane Ouattara

Morocco Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

West Africa Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

West Africa Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Ivory Coast Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

Ivory Coast Gbagbo and Ouattara negotiate secretly to decide which of them should phone the other

Ivory Coast Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

West Africa Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

Ivory Coast Bédié's top secret Christmas message for Ouattara

Ivory Coast Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Ivory Coast Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

Ivory Coast Sarkozy to be guest of honour at Ouattara's inauguration

Ivory Coast Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

Ivory Coast Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Ivory Coast A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Angola Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Ivory Coast Ouattara still master of negotiations with opposition

Mauritania Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Ivory Coast Ouattara plays stick and carrot with Gbagbo's passport

Mali, Togo Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

West Africa
Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Ivory Coast
Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

Ivory Coast
Gbagbo and Ouattara negotiate secretly to decide which of them should phone the other

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

West Africa
Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

Ivory Coast
Bédié's top secret Christmas message for Ouattara

Ivory Coast
Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Ivory Coast
Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy to be guest of honour at Ouattara's inauguration

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Ouattara still master of negotiations with opposition

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Ivory Coast
Ouattara plays stick and carrot with Gbagbo's passport

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta